SCOTT, John Roger Kirkpatrick, (father of Hardie Scott),
a Representative from Pennsylvania;
born in Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pa., July 6, 1873;
moved with his parents to Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and later to Philadelphia;
attended the public schools;
was graduated from the Central High School of Philadelphia in 1893;
attended the law school of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia;
was admitted to the bar in December 1895 and commenced the practice of law in Philadelphia;
member of the State house of representatives in 1899 and again in 1909, 1911, and 1913;
elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his resignation, effective January 5, 1919;
resumed the practice of his profession;
died in Philadelphia, Pa., December 9, 1945;
interment in West Laurel Hills Cemetery.